Chauhan had received attention long before entering the world record books. According to the London Telegraph, his famous facial hair was featured in the 1983 James Bond film "Octopussy" and he has made cameos in several Bollywood films.
And the 54-year-old has offered some grooming tips to the BBC for anyone interested in sporting some unusually long facial hair.
For starters, he says start
growing your facial hair at an early age because a decrease in hormone
production in later years will inhibit its growth. His second major tip
is to regularly groom your facial hair.
Chauhan tells the BBC he uses
coconut oil on his mustache and enlists help in the maintenance
process. "I massage it and oil it regularly and I wash it every 10 days
which takes a long time," he said. "My wife helps me."
Beyond that, Chauhan says be
prepared to endure criticism and to avoid fashion trends for or against
facial hair in popular culture.
If you'd like to give Chauhan a run for his money, there's still time. The 2012 World Beard & Mustache Championships will be held in Las Vegas later in November. A similar competition, the 2012 International Beard and Mustache Championships
was held in April. Competitors took part in 18 different competitions,
with the prize in the Full Beard Freestyle category going to
German-born Arner Bielefeldt.
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